ABOUT US
We are a boutique law firm offering legal services to Swedish-based companies doing or seeking to do business in the U.S.
We provide comprehensive strategic legal and business advise tailored to each client’s specific needs, incorporating our unique cross-cultural business and legal experience to offer clients unparalleled value added proactive legal services.
Our clients range in size from entrepreneurial-owned to those that are publicly traded. T he scope of services range from on-going legal consultation and management similar to in-house general counsel to specific legal services on as-needed basis.
BUSINESS LAW
We review, prepare and offer legal consultation for a range of transactional & commercial agreements & activities, including sales representative & distribution agreements, reseller & royalty agreements, terms & conditions of sale and security interests. We support our clients with drafting intracompany agreements including terms compliant with transfer pricing regulation in the U.S. and Sweden, including e.g. sales support agreements, management services and loan agreements.
CORPORATE LAW
We offer legal business consultations, advise and services for selecting and establishing an appropriate legal structure. We also advise and support to ensure ongoing corporate compliance; represent and advise clients through M&A’s, drafting of shareholder agreements and operating agreements and other related corporate services as needed.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
We advise clients on employment-related matters, including the hiring process, employment terms & agreements, termination, severance & separation agreements, consultant & independent contractor agreements and employment handbooks & procedures
IMMIGRATION LAW
We handle U.S. employment-based immigration and have extensive experience with non-immigrant visas including B-1/B-2, L-1A/L-1B, E-1/E-2, E-3, H-1B, O-1, TN and J-1. We also assist with immigrant visas including “green cards”, PERM labor certification, immigrant petitions (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3), adjustment of status, consular processing, naturalization applications for U.S. citizenship and family-based immigration to sponsor relatives for lawful permanent status.
NON-LEGAL BUSINESS SERVICES
Our affiliate company, SkyBridge Resource Center, provides Swedish-owned companies in the U.S. with services and support in the areas of business, HR , talent acquisition, payroll, accounting, bookkeeping, administration , sales & customer support and management. To learn more about SkyBridge Resource Center visit www.src.us.com
OTHER LEGAL SERVICES
Through collaborative relationships with several other lawyers, we refer clients in need of legal advice in other areas of law, including but not limited to, Intellectual Property (patents, trademark, copyright), commercial real estate, litigation, products liability, and bankruptcy.
OUR BACKGROUND
Law Offices A.E. Gustafsson, P.C. was founded in January 1993
by Annette Gustafsson Guenther, who had a vision of starting a law firm that provided not only excellent legal services, but also offered Swedish-based clients an abundance of value added services and consultation with a focus on identifying and explaining legal and business based differences between the U.S. and, in particular, Sweden, enabling clients to set realistic strategies suited for the U.S. market and minimize cultural misconceptions. We are located in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, but serve Swedish-owned companies across the U.S.
OUR TEAM
Annette Gustafsson Guenther
Principal Attorney
Vicki Paavilainen
Accountant/CPA
C. Ander Smith
Attorney, Of Counsel
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough
Attorney, Of Counsel
Sharon Winslow
Paralegal
Julie McNicholas
Legal Assistant
Marie Nordgren
Manager, Business Support Services
Joe Gephart
Client Business Support Representative
Sandy Martinez
Executive Assistant
NEWS
USA
263 Shuman Blvd, Suite 145
Naperville IL 60563
SWEDEN
Nybrokajen 7, 6 tr
SE-111 48 Stockholm
CONTACT
info@lawgustafsson.com
PHONE
+1 (630) 357-5700
Fax +1 (630) 548-3505
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